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Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18

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house, 10 said Dnasli. In ecmplianes vith SAD
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Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
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Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
A FAMOUS LErrER-

WEE rn0, rsss % p,' nst wseds,ry..
DvsrkPsfA HfI.LEns.
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pe tfsei N The vcrk their ssne indIesiss-
Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
Huiehin.. Hsriek.

This action i. brough, to settle dis.
pu,sd line between house lO,. aud 5.
eas, Of Ellis River. Ia the to~n Of Ram-
ford. Thi, case occupied the COar, Sat-
urdsy. and is on trial Mondsy . tie
DIAOcRAr g0es 10 press
Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
rmI INDICTMENTS.

The Indictment. are sl~.ys an inter.
es,ing chapter Of court history. Eleven
Indictment. were found q, the ps.sn,
term. Here they are:
Daniel A. Coma. Milton. two indictments.
common seller ami nuisance.
seorgs a. Little. hsgallo~ay. tso indici-
ments. eommOn seller and naisaDcs.
Daniel q. bennett, Norsay. forgery.
ltsrvey h. FULLER. Upton. false preiences.
Elmer T. BENJAMIN. l>rceny.
Osmon W. brOSn. sorssy. breaking and
entering and larceny.
ChAs- Gates. breaking and entering and lar
Cenys
Liwin n. IIouxht Norway. unressonably
falling "a obey Summons OF Grand Jury.
Alden Pcttsnxill. Waterford. unreasonAbly
falling 20 ooey Summons of orand Jury.
Oxford Democrat., 1887-10-18
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
Ocroprn TErN. 1887.
coUEr OFFICERS:

NNtaA osAtNheHs
HoS. W. wiEr vrRorx.
Rs,idiny Justice.
AIuKEr \. ArsrrS. Cisrk.
OscAR n. HERsEY. Coaafy AfiOrRey.
WOODBURY. PuLsfKn. SieHograPAer.
CNKvS NJ. WoRsKtI. SAere.
II + HAMMOND. Crcr.
SANUEL X. CAKrER. Librurah.
WILLIAM 4 BARRows. Messenger.
RoSNtLo A. BARRows.
DPa,y 'c'th Grand Jury.
ALvAS Il 0oDwtS.
DsPuiy srisA firs 7farerss
JAMS l.. PAKKKK.
DsP~,y ~.A Seconi Trarsrse.
The October term Of the Supreme Jad-
ciL Coai, opersd At Paris IA, Tuesday
morning. Jadse Virgin presiding.
Prayer ~as offered by Rev. Gideon
MAYO q the Baptist Church In this vii.
lsge
A large number of attorneys were IN
attendance aud the audience was unusual
ly large a. ihe opening of Court.
The Grand Jury Coz the ensuing year
Vas imparslsd {. fOllows:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
Correspondence Of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
LETTER FROM BLACKS.

BLACKS, July 23.-Col. j. l.. Black,
deputy revenue collector, of G%reenville, S.
c., was among US this week, tracing up
some illicit whisky from North Carolina
A. D. Hardin, son of Mr.. Ira Hardin,
an efficient agent and operator, has been
appointed to succeed his father as agent OF
the Airline road at this place. Mr..
Hardin resigned on account of i'll health:
J. w. Seacrest is sinking q shaft IN
search of iron ore, within a mile of town,
with the expectation of perfecting a sale
to a Northern firm. If he should succeed
in making the sale and cause the develop
ment of these ore mines, it will prove a
more substantial benefit to the people OF
this section of the county than any other
enterprise that might be put in operation.
Three wagon loads of watermelons were
sold to our merchants to-day. They were
very fine, luscious, we'll ripened and much
superior to melons shipped us from South
ern Georgia. .
Whisonant Bros. have a kiln of brick
burnt and will commence the erection OF
a magnificent brick store house in a few
days. D. D. CASTOR is having a kiln burnt
for the same purpose.
G. w. Thomas, general manager of the
IIlCuulOuO duu bduFlllc SySICuI1 :. u
ley, superintendent of the Airline di-
vision, and G. P. Hammond, chief-engin-
eer, passed north to-day in their special
car, "Currahee," drawn by a special en-
CINE. Mr.. Thomas was making his &C
customed tour of inspection and was &C
companied by the subordinate officials OF
the Airline division.
Thetis must haye lost her grip on the
heel of the ~invulnerable paymaster of the
Three C's. He failed to sign the checks,
and the contractors had to return them
from Charlotte for his signature before
they could get their money.
We have had copious rains for the last
three days. The farmers and merchants
are contented and jubilant.
The Airline road will erect a depot at
this place soon. The depot here now is
too small, much ~dilapidated, and entirely
inadequate for the accommodation o
freighta and passengers. Their new "Stand'
ard" which we will have here, is a com
modious and artistic building, of the best
material and workmanship. A new de-
pot of this kind here would greatly facil-
itate the shipment and delivery of freight,
and be an inestimable benefit to the peo-
pie and road. w.
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really on account of his veto of the depend
ent pension bill or is a preconcerted politi-
cal movement in opposition to Democrat
ic administration. Comrades, politics is a
dangerous rock, which will surely wreck
our organization if we fail to give it a
wide berth. All hands about ship! The
Grand Army should cease fooling around
the ragged edge of politics. Either cast
out entirely the political devil that has al
ready shown its blasphemous presence, or
else sail in and show our hand in square
man-fashion. 1t is evident that there is a
political motive in the attack upon the
President under the guise OF Grand Army
opposition. Notwithstanding the fact that
it has been admitted that the PreSloen1
had nothing to do with originating the or
der for the return of the rebel flags, the
warfare against him has been kept up with
such venom that it has disguised all fair
minded people,"
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The Morkrille Gnanirer.
YORKVELLE, 5. G. :
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
WEDNESDAY, JULY ~, 1887.

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.
The South Carolina Weather Service,
under the direction of A. P. Butler, fur
nishes the following data concerning the
effect Of the weather on the various crops
for the week ending July 23rd:
The rainfall has been deficient in most
of the upper counties of the State and has
been very u%nevenly distributed, many
places having received no rain during this
nor the previous week. This lack of rain
has affected the corn crop very unfaVor-
ably.
In the middle counties it has been about
the average or slightly in excess, except In
Chesterfield and Marlborough, where the
showers have been partial, and corn is con-
%seuuently suffering for rain. Elsewhere
the showers have been generally we'll dis
tributed and corn is reported as having
been greatly benefited.
In the lower counties the rainfall has
been deficient, affecting crops rather unta-
vorably.
The temperature for the entire State has
been above the average. Its effects on the
growing crops has been generally unfavor-
able, especially for corn. ,
Sunshine has been slightly in excess OF
the average amount and has affected the
cropsu~ nfavorably.
Corn, while still needing rain in various
sections of the State, has improved under
the refreshing showers of the 18th n 10th,
and the showers of to-day have probably
further improved its condition. Cotton,
which suffered somewhat from the not,
dry weather, has been much benefited by
the recent showers, and is reported as
looking we'll and promising. In sections
where the rainfall is reported deficient,
cotton is reported to be standing the drouth
we'll. AS vet no serious damage has been
reported. Crops in the Piedmont section
of the State need rain more than the other
divisions.
C%aterpillars are reportedin limited num-
bers in Orangeburg county.
NATIONAL CROP BULLETIN.
The weather crop bulletin of the signal
office at Washington for the week ending
July %, says: "For the week the weather
was favorable for the cotton crop, except
in the Carolinas, where many localities are
in need of rain, which is to-day predicted.
| While the high temperatures tend to rap
idly mature the growing corn, yet more
rain must be needful for Kansas and Iowa,
eastward to Indiana. The great heat and
bad distribution of rain may possibly affect
the tobacco crop in North Carolina, where,
however, the indications of this morning
July 23) look to occasional rains"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
x SUDDEN DEATH.

On Tuesday morning of last week, Mr.. Wal
ter Quinn was found dead in his field, about
$50 yards from his house. On that morning he
went to the field to look after some work, and
remaining from the house later than was his
habit, his family became uneasy at his absence,
when between 10 and II o'clock his daughter,
Lizzie, went out to the field to look for him
and found him dead as above stated. AS he
was a hale man for his age, it is probable that
he was overcome by the excessive heat. Mr..
Quinn was born near Bethany Church, in this
county OH the 10th of March, 1900, and was in
the SSth year of his age. He had resided near
Zeno since 1s4s. He was an unobtrusive, quiet
man, noted for his industrious habits. He was
a member of Bethel Presbyterian church
where he was buried on Wednesday, Rev. r.
A. Webb officiating. His wife, W years his
senior, and four daughters survive him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
Correspondence of the Yorkyille Enquirer.
BASEBALL At GAST0N[A.

CLOVER, July 26.-Our little town was
somewhat deserted on yesterday by a con-
siderable number of the citizens going by
rail and in buggies to Gastonia to witness
a. match game of base ball between the
Glover and Gastonia clubs. At the end of
the ninth inning the score stood % for Clo-
yer, and 16 for Gastonia. 1t was a very
exciting game.
The Glover club was entertained at the
Falls House by the Gastonia club.
Quite a number of fair ladies were on
the ground, to witness the game.
Gastonia is a very pretty place and has a
number of fine residences and business
houses. ~.
On the way up we saw some fine fields of
corn and cotton which have been we'll Gull
tivated, and thingsseem now as if our peo-
pie will not have to look to the West the
coming year for corn and flour.
LITTLE JUMBO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27

that tickle jade, the weather, during the
next six weeks, that there is no telling
how the crop will turn out.
Our community was startled, on last
Tuesday evening, by the unexpected death
of Miss Emma E.. Massey. She had been
confined to her room only about forty-siX
hours, and was not considered dangerously
i'll until within a very short time before
she expired. Her remains were taken to
Lancaster and buried in the family plat in
the Presbyterian ch%urch-yard.
On yesterday Rev. Mr.. Atkinson, OF
Charlotte, preached IN excellent sermon
in the Presbyterian church here, fllingthe
pulpit of Rev. J. Fl. ThornWell, who is on
a visit to M%organton, N. G.
Two of our popular young merchants
Will Watson and Banks Belk-are trying
the virtues and pleasures of a trip through
the mountains of western North Carolina.
ANON,
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Torres pOndenee of the lOrkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM FORT MILL.

FORT MILL, July 25.-Ifa benign Prov
idence continues to pour out his blessings,
the crops will be the most bountiful that
has been raised for many years. For a
week our section has received abundant
showers; and those Who were beginning
TO feel "blue," are now quite bright in
cOuntenance.
The chinch-bug has done considerable
damage to the corn crop, and some hurt
was done ten days ago by the hot, dry
weather; but the yield promises to be
abundant. The prospect for a large cotton
crop is good but this crop is so subject to
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
STRUCK BY

On Thursday last, the stable of DIR. j. II.
Witherspoon, three miles northeast of York
Vile, was struck by lightning. One gable end
of the building was torn away, and the bolt
killed a horse and set fire to some fodder that
was in the loft, but the blaze was extinguished
by rain before it did any serious damage.
Seven other horses and mules were in the sta.
BILE at the time, but they were not injured.
A mule belonging to Mr.. James Quinn, who
lives about seven miles north of town, was
also killed by lightning on Thursday after
noon in his stable. Another mule in the same
stable was uninjured.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
PERSONAL

DR.. John May, Jr., is at Cleveland Mineral
Springs.
Mr.. Will II. Spcck, of Palatka, Florida, is in
Yorkville.
miss Minnie Jewell, of Ebenezer, is in York
Vile visiting Miss Daisy Hart.
/ Miss Nettie Dickson of this place is visiting
relatives in M%organton, n.
Miss Willie Miller, of Rock Hill, is visiting
Miss Lessie. Witherspoon Of this place.
Miss Minnie Kerr, of Hickory, n. G., is III
Yorkville visiting Mrs. Bolton Smith.
Mrs. w. H. Colcock, Of this place is in Spar
tanburg visiting relatives and friends.
Mr.. Joseph w. Colcock left here last Friday,
for his adopted home at Honey Grove, Texas
Miss Addie Alexander, Of Lincolnton, n. c.,
is in Yorkville visiting Mrs. Horace H. Beard.
Edon. /. D. Witherspoon and c. E.. Spencer,
ESQ, are rusticating at Blowing Rock, n. &.
Mrs. w. II. Herndon, and Miss Hattie Cren-
shaw of this place, are visiting friends in Fair
field county.
LMrs. M. A. Wardlaw, of Newberry, is in
Yorkville, the guest Of her daughter, Mrs
Withers Adickes.
AIRS. DR.. J.. II. Witherspoon and her little
son, and Mrs. Walter B. Moore are at Spark
ling Catawba Springs.
Mr.. w. NJ. Webster, Of Cowpens, Spartan
burg county, is in Yorkville visiting the fami-
ly of Mr.. j. T.. Jefferys.
Mrs. +. G.. dickson, left Iorkville, on Thurs
day, for Williston, having been m the
evening before by telegraph to the bedside OF
her aunt, Mrs. Parker, who is seriously i'll.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27

THE PRESIDENT TIC COME SoUTH.-A
Washington dispatch of Monday says: The
details Of the Presidents trip to Atlanta
have been arranged. The special train
will leave this city on Sunday night, Octo-
Der 1G and will reach Atlanta on Monday
night. The President will spend Tuesday
and Wednesday in Atlanta.
He will be escorted through Virginia by
Governor Lee and his staff, through North
Carolina by Governor Scales and his staff,
and through South Carolina by Governor
Richardson and his staff, all of whom will
90 with him to Atlanta. At the Georgia
line he will be met by Governor Gordon
and his staff. At Atlanta he will be met
by the Governors and United States Sen
ators of various Southern States.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
. FIRED AT A POSSE.

Deputy U. S. Marshal W. j. Nicely has in his
hands a warrant for the arrest of one Eli White,
colored, charged with forcibly entering a gov
eminent warehouse last year. White was in
this county last week, in Broad River town
ship, and on Saturday last, with a posse, the
deputy marshal attempted to make the arrest,
near the residence of Mr.. John A. Byers, where
they met up with the accused. White resisted,
and fired at Mr.. James Ross, one of the posse,
and after firing ran for his liberty. The posse
fired on him, but he made his escape. Marshal
Nelly arrested him on the same warrant a
week or two previous, but before he could be
secured he broke loose from the officer and fled.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
MccONNELLsVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.

The advertisement of the above institution,
located at McConnellsville, ten miles south of
Yorkville, on the Chester and Lenoir Railroad,
appears in our columns to-day. This is a home
school, eminently deserving of support, as is
evinced by the fact that the last session closed
with an attendance of 81 pupils, which should
be no less gratifying to the community in
which the successful school is located, than to
the accomplished principal himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
FALLING OF A CHANDELIER.

On last Sunday night, while the congregation
of the colored Methodist Episcopal Church
were assembling for service, a large chandelier,
suspended from the ceiling, fell with a crash.
Fortunately, but few persons had entered the
church., and no one was hurt by the accident.
BY prompt action the house was prevented
from taking fire from the ignited oil. The
chandelier, which cost the congregation 5000,
was entirely ruined,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.

The protracted drouth in Union county
was broken on Saturday by general rain,
rendering the farmers hopeful yet of a
good crop.
"A terrible epidemic prevails in the Ben
nettsville section of Marlboro county.
Within asmall area ofthe county, notmore
than twelve miles square, thirty or more
persons have died within a period Ofthirty
days. The epidemic seems to be a fever.
Several persons are still very low, but with
the rains for the last few days it is hoped
that the disease will be checked.
-JacobA. Biggs, of Florence, foreman of
the trestle gang on the Wilmington, Col
umbia and Augusta Railroad, was killed
last Wednesday night at Nichols by the
fast mail train going North. Biggs was
lying across the track, asleep, his head
resting upon a chair, when he was struck:
His body was horribly mutilated and
strewn along the track for several miles.
He was about q years old and unmarried.
"A severe storm visited points along the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta road last
Wednesday, and some damage was done
by lightning. The storm broke upon
Winnsboro about three o'clock, and light
ming shivered a tree in the postmaster's
yard. the same bolt struck the Office of
Winnsboro News and Herald and descend
ed the chimney into room where Messrs.
John Williams and Wyatt NJ. Propst were
at work. Mr.. Williams was only slightly
shocked, but Mr. Propst was knocked down
and badly hurt. Physicians were at once
called in and administered the proper
treatment. The doctors report that Mr..
Propst was severly injured, but will re-
cover.
- In the Laurens court Of sessions, last
week, John D.. Sheahan, a merchant OF
that town, was tried for the killing of r. S.
Bishop. The whole of Wednesday vas
consumed in the trial. The jury retired
at 7 o'clock and about midnight they re-
turned a verdict of not guilty. Great in
terest was manifested in the case, and
throughout the whole day it was almost
impossible to get near the. court house
door. A meeting of citizens of Laurens
county was held in the Court House on Sat
urday, in which resolutions were adopted
contradicting a statement made by a cor
respondent Of the NeaUs and Courier that
the people of the county justify the homi-
eide of Bishop, strongly condemningShea
han, his slayer, and censuring the jury for
their verdict of acquittal. The third res
olution is significant, and reads: '"That we
pledge ourselves individually to maintain
and Vindicate the law of our State in the
future"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27
MERE.MENTION.

Capt. M. F. Sperry, a prominent cotton
planter of Chatham county, Ca, was bit
ten by a rattlesnake on Tuesday and died
in forty minutes, after intense suffer-
ing."Iti is estimated that there are co.
600 knights of Labor in the South.''"Du
ring the past six months one hundred mil
lions have been invested in the develop
ment of Southern manufactures.
Standiford, probably the wealthiest man in
Kentucky, is a candidate for the United
States Senate against Senator Beck.A
strong effort will be made in the Ohio
Republican Convention, which meets to-
morrow, to have Senator Sherman en-
dorsed for the Presidency "'Sylvanus
Cobb, the author and story writer, is
dead."."'Cholera is becoming epidemic
stricken."."."A bill taxing wine rooms
$40, 900 has passed the Georgia House Of
Representatives, and it is thought the
Senate will pass it also. "The Egypt
ian cotton crop is seriously threatened by
worms. "."'"David Hoffman was hanged
at Nebraska City, Neb., last Friday, for
wrecking the Missouri Pacific passenger
train on the night of the 18th of January
last, at Dunbar, a small station on the
Missouri Pacific Road, ten miles west of
Nebraska city, when Engineer Dewitt
was instantly killed and a number of pas
sengers seriously injured. Algeria is
being ravaged by grasshoppers. An at
tempt to destroy the eggs proved useless.
In one district $4,000 gallons have been
collected and burned. This represents the
destruction of 1850, 0OO, 900 insects. 1T is
a curious scientific fact that all the ele-
ments of the poison found in a rattlesnake
are inherent in the common Irish pota-
.to. ".'The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
week number, for the United States lat,
Canada IS; total 172, against 179 last week
and 154 the week previous. "At Tulla-
homa, Tenn, last Saturday, Dick Hoover,
a negro, was lynched by negroes 'W.
H. Gattlin, colored pastor of African M. +:
Church of S~tarkeville, Miss, was shot and
killed last Saturday by officers who were
attempting to arrest him. 1t is recognized
at Starkeville as quite an unfortunate
homicide, as Gattlin bore the character of
a peaceful citizen."'Henry Virgins,
colored, aged twenty, was hanged in the
jail at Palatka, Fla, last Friday, for muir
der. ~Theexecution was private, only afeW
besides the county officers being present.
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LOCAL
NEW

Jos. II. Wilson, Principal---McConnellsville
High School,.
Fl. +. Adickes-Just Received this Week.
Withers Adickes-Groceries.
John G.. Kuykendal-Peko.
Jane d. Walker-Executrix' Notice.
McElwee e. Moore-Beef and Mutton.
Robt. D. Observation-Disclosures Notice.
Lowry IL Starr-Turnip Seeds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-07-27

A REToRMAToRY LAW.-Among the
laws enacted at the last session Of the New
York Legislature, was one which provides
a penalty of fine or Imprisonment, or both,
for any who "prints, utters, publishes, sells,
lends, gives away or shows, or has in his
possession with intent to sell, lend, give
away or show, or otherwise offers for sale,
loan, gift or distribution, any book,
pamphlet, magazine, newspaper or other
printed paper devoted to the publication
and principally made up of criminal news,
police reports, or accounts Of crimnal deeds,
or pictures, or stories of deeds of bloodshed,
lust or crime" Should this law be proper
ly enforced, it will have the effect to change
the contents of many so called respectable
dailies published in New York city, while
it would seem that others would be entire
ly suppressed.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

Baptist-Rev. F. G. Hickson, Pastor. In
consequence of the absence of the pastor, who
will be in attendance upon the meeting of the
Sunday School Convention at Blacks, there
will be no service in either of his churches next
Sunday. Sunday-school at Yorkville at 4
o'clock, P. M. Prayer-meeting this evening
at $50.
Episcopal-Rev. E. N. Joyner, Rector. Sun
day-school at S P. M.
Presbyterian-Rev. T. R. English, Pastor
There will be no service next Sunday. Sun
day-school at 5.3OP. M.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian-Rev. j.
G.. Galloway, Pastor. Services next Sunday at
Tirzah, at IL A. NJ, and at Yorkyille at $50 p.
NJ. Sunday-school at Yorkville at 5P. M.
Methodist Episcopal-Rev. w. w. Daniel,
Pastor. Services next Sunday at 1890 A. NJ,
and $50 P. M. Sunday-school at 4 P. M.
There will be no Pr~ayer-meeting this evening.